One of the more interesting B.C. breweries that have invaded Alberta in recent months is Steel & Oak (S&O) from New Westminister. I mean “interesting” in the sense that the beer they have been shipping out here are not ordinary… Continue Reading →
Village Brewing and Dandy Brewing Company are clearly hanging out a lot these days. Last fall the two Calgary breweries released a Saison, called the Village Dandy, brewed in collaboration at the Dandy brewhouse in northeast Calgary. I didn’t get… Continue Reading →
Regular readers of this site know that I have a soft spot for the Trappist breweries – or as I like to call them, the Drunk Monks. I am not Catholic (far from it) but I really appreciate the idea… Continue Reading →
An interesting beer on Alberta store shelves this month is the Edmonton and Area Land Trust Oatmeal Brown Ale. This beer is a charity beer produced by Phillip’s to support the Edmonton and Area Land Trust, a small non-profit devoted to… Continue Reading →
I find it hard to know what to do with contract brewers in the region (breweries without their own brewhouse who contract other breweries to make their beer for them). I am happy to profile them and discuss what their… Continue Reading →
In the past few months, it seemed hardly a week went by without news of one of the big corporate breweries buying up an independent craft brewery. Heck, ABInbev bought out three in one week at the end of December…. Continue Reading →
Back in 2012 there was a little-known dispute between Canada and Denmark over a godforsaken rock called Hans Island (read here). And, somehow, Sherbrooke Liquor Store got itself in the middle of it. It commissioned a beer in a (light-hearted)… Continue Reading →
It may have the most hope-inspiring name of all beer names. Aphrodisiaque. The classic and inspired stout from Dieu du Ciel seems to promise more than a beer can normally offer. Sadly, it can’t deliver, at least in that respect…. Continue Reading →
One of the highlights of popping into Brewsters during the winter is a chance to sip on a glass of their annual seasonal barley wine, Blue Monk. I always find it at its best in October (when I am told… Continue Reading →
I don’t normally review meads. It is not that I don’t enjoy them. I do. In fact I have tried my hand a couple of times to brew my own at home (fairly unsuccessfully). But Chase at Alley Kat recently… Continue Reading →